Meanings
- geographyAn area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity, around the Pacific Ocean.
The Andes are part of the geological Ring of Fire that circles the Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire is a ring of active volcanoes that borders the great continental plates of the Pacific Ocean.
2003, Charles W. Maynard, The Andes, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, →ISBNSynonyms: Pacific Ring of Fire
- uncountablecard gamesA drinking game in which each card of a pack of playing cards, picked at random from a deck sprawled out in a circle, has a certain consequence (involving drinking, or playing a particular drinking game).
Synonyms: kings
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity, around the Pacific Ocean.
nounA drinking game in which each card of a pack of playing cards, picked at random from a deck sprawled out in a circle, has a certain consequence (involving drinking, or playing a particular drinking game).
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 環太平洋火山帶 /环太平洋火山带
- 環太平洋火山帶 /环太平洋火山带 (Huán Tàipíngyáng Huǒshāndài)area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
Finnish Tyynenmeren tulirengas
- Tyynenmeren tulirengasarea of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
French ceinture de feu
- ceinture de feuarea of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
German Feuerring
- Feuerringarea of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
Polish Pacyficzny Pierścień Ognia
- Pacyficzny Pierścień Ogniaarea of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
Portuguese anel de fogo, círculo de fogo
- anel de fogoarea of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
- círculo de fogoarea of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
Romanian Cercul de foc al Pacificului
- Cercul de foc al Pacificuluiarea of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
Russian Огненное Кольцо
- Огненное Кольцо (Ognennoje kol'tso)area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
Spanish cinturón de fuego, anillo de fuego
- cinturón de fuegoarea of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
- anillo de fuegoarea of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
Turkish Ateş Çemberi
- Ateş Çemberiarea of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
Cite this entry
Ring of Fire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ring%20of%20Fire
“Ring of Fire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ring%20of%20Fire. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ring of Fire,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ring%20of%20Fire.
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